April 17, 2017General, EventsComments Off on Social Media Madness at HUAZ!

by Jamie SanFilippo, Coordinator of Student Services. (Published in The Filmstrip, April 2017 edition.)

After March Madness left Phoenix, HUAZ got into Social Media Madness! We made a goal with our students to boost our outreach efforts and raise more awareness across all social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Throughout the month of April, we have been posting special content on all platforms to encourage people to #SupportHUAZ. We’ve made sure to include incentives on both ends to increase our current followers! Every week we’ve had external contests, allowing current and new followers the opportunity to win gift cards! On the internal side of things, our students have been incentivized to share our content to family and friends for an opportunity to win HUAZ Swag. We started our contest around 500 followers for all social media platforms. Our goal is to double that, and you can help!

If you aren’t already, we encourage you to follow us on Facebook: @HuntingtonUArizona, Instagram: @HuntingtonUArizona, and Twitter: @HuntingtonU_AZ. We thank you in advance for the support you’ve provided for HUAZ!

April 17, 2017General, EventsComments Off on Schoolwide Events Enjoyed Amongst Students

by Jamie SanFilippo, Coordinator of Student Services. (Published in The Filmstrip, April 2017 edition.)

What a fun-filled month we’ve had at Huntington so far! It has been jam-packed with activities for our students, giving them an opportunity to hang out outside of the classroom.

The first week, our ladies’ small group reviewed their Gallup Strength Finders Assessment with Strength Finders coach Carole Bongard. It was a fun night of fellowship that gave the ladies more insight into what their strengths are, how their strengths work together, and ways to apply them. The following week, the ladies’ small group went to ‘As you Wish Pottery’ and painted some pretty rad pieces! You could say we laughed all night and closed the place down.

The third week consisted of an Easter Egg Hunt and guys small group!

The Easter Egg Hunt we had at HUAZ was a rendition of the main campus, which they hosted last week. We added a twist to ours by hiding 170 eggs throughout our 30,000 sq. ft. building. The eligible prizes were $25 gift cards to Target, AMC, and Chipotle; $5 gift cards to Starbucks, In-N-Out, Chik-Fil-A, and Culvers; and quarters!

The rules were that students couldn’t turn in more than 3 eggs at a time and the twist was that some of the eggs were confetti eggs! If a student turned in an egg that had a confetti egg number, they had to pick a confetti egg and see what was in store next. There were Whammy eggs that meant a student lost an egg prize, Bomb eggs that meant they could steal from another opponent, Hint eggs that gave them a clue to a camo or golden egg, one Golden egg that allowed them to collected all Whammy egg prizes, and safe eggs. Overall everyone had a blast! It took two and a half hours for everyone to find all of the eggs and even so, seven are still hidden somewhere in the building. Our big prize winners for the night were Jayson who found the first Gold egg, Patricia, and the Josiah, Alex duo who found the last!

The next night, the guys’ small group ate dinner at Chipotle (one of their favorites) and ended the night at Castles-N-Coasters playing mini golf! They broke up into groups and had fun making their way from hole 1 to 18. The fellows did a great job achieving some holes in one and happy to report that no one landed in the water! The night concluded with Eric winning the event with a score of 47 and lots of guys just within reach.

We look forward to our next round of activities in May!

(Pictured: Alex Palacios, Olivya Bryant, and Maggie Nelson enjoying the ladies’ small group pottery painting event at As You Wish Pottery on April 3.)

March 27, 2017Events, NewsComments Off on HUAZ Helps Host Special Visual Effects Symposium

by Jeff Berggren, HU Director of Arizona Operations. (Published in The Filmstrip, March 2017 edition.)

What could be better than appreciating the details of the excellent visual effects in movies such as Night at the Museum, Captain America, The Avenger films, The Great Wall, and Harry Potter? How about the opportunity to directly interact with the creators of some of the visual effects? That is the quick summary of what a contingent of HU AZ students did on Saturday the 18th of March.

The Huntington students joined other area college students, high school students from the Peoria Student Broadcasting Network (PSBN), media teachers and professors along with media industry professional for a special Visual Effects Symposium courtesy of Ignyted Artists and Bucci Entertainment Group. Guest speakers for the morning general session included Matthew Dean Russell (Producer, Director, and Screen Writer at BAKEDFX Studies in Los Angeles) and Mark Mathis (Idependant Feature Film Producer and Line Producer).

After the morning presentation at Harkins Theater, it was Huntington’s opportunity to host all attendees including teachers and students at our building for lunch. HU students had the opportunity to interact with media professionals from around the valley who came to the event. But the highlight of the day for many if not all HU students in attendance occurred after lunch when Matt Hartle (VFX & Motion Graphics Director of BAKEDFX Studios) let a special session in the HU Screening Room direct from his studio in Montana.

Hartle appeared via video link and then shared his computer desktop with the audience which consisted primarily of HU students and PSBN students. Hartle showed the details of some of his digital effects work from movies like Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as well as a story board animation he is currently constructing for the new multi-million dollar Paramount Animation Studios logo. That was followed by a lengthy Q & A session with the students that resulted in Hartle pulling up prior projects from his extensive list of design folders on his computer much to the appreciation of the audience.

When asked about the quality of the day afterwards HU students where quite positive on the experience. Rich Sawyers, currently a graphic design major but moving to animation, thought Hartle’s presentation was very interesting and appreciated his detailed answers to the student questions regarding design process and software. Josiah Hunt, a film production major, summed up the symposium day in three concise words: “It was dope!” Well said, Mr. Hunt.

by Sarah Wickenhauser, graphic design student. (Published in The Filmstrip, December 2016 edition.)

As a way to show off our talented students’ creations to their families and the community, Huntington University Center for Digital Media Arts is hosting a fall showcase on Friday, December 16 at 7 pm!
Featured at this event will be all the best works created by our students over the semester. On display will be the graphic design students’ finest pieces, followed by a showcase of the film students’ work!
Come support our students and check out their hard work at this free event! If you are interesting in coming, please RSVP to jsanfilippo@huntington.edu by December 12.

by Jamie SanFilippo, Coordinator of Student Services. (Published in The Filmstrip, November 2016 edition.)

As a student body, we have had the pleasure to build a community together through weekly and monthly events. This month we will continue to do internal events, but in respect to Thanksgiving we want to give back to the community!

We have partnered up with St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance and during the month of November will be dropping canned food in our designated box, located in the front entrance. We encourage all students, friends, family, and the community to drop off canned goods to meet our goal of collecting 150 lbs. prior to Thanksgiving!

November 2, 2016EventsComments Off on “Two Rooms and a Boom” Strategy Game is Popular Wednesday Night Activity at Huntington University

by Sarah Wickenhauser, graphic design student. (Published in The Filmstrip, November 2016 edition.)

Fellow students: if you haven’t already come to a Wednesday night Game Night here at Huntington, you really need to. Now, I understand if some of you have work or other obligations that prevent you from coming; that’s perfectly fine. But if some of you are simply on the fence about spending your Wednesday evening at school, please let me try to convince you to come.

One of the most popular games we play on Wednesday nights is called “Two Rooms and a Boom”. According to BoardGameGeek.com, it is a “social deduction/hidden role party game for six or more players. There are two teams: the Red Team and the Blue Team. The Blue Team has a President. The Red Team has a Bomber. Players are equally distributed between two rooms (i.e., separate playing areas). The game consists of five timed rounds. At the end of each round, some players (hostages) will be swapped into opposing rooms. If the Red Team’s Bomber is in the same room as the President at the end of the game, then the Red Team wins; otherwise the Blue Team wins. Lying encouraged.”

In addition to these roles, there are also numerous special roles available, including the shifty Gambler, the foolish Leprechaun, and a pair of sneaky Spies and Agents for both sides.

The game was a smash hit among Huntington students, who immediately caught on to the espionage-style gameplay. If you do choose to come play with us, just remember: don’t trust anybody. Especially Phil.

October 6, 2016EventsComments Off on Mark Your Calendars for Upcoming October Events!

by Jamie SanFilippo, Coordinator of Student Services. (Published in The Filmstrip, October 2016 Edition.)

Here at Huntington we look forward to a time of fellowship with our students! Each week we have an event, which ranges from movies to games and even cookouts, which helps give our students a break from their projects and homework.

This past month we got to tour Theater Works and watch their most recent performance of ‘Les Miserables’, which was wonderful!

This October we look forward to attending an event hosted by the City of Peoria, ‘Halloween Monster Bash’ at the Peoria Sports
Complex, which is conveniently located across from our building. We haven’t picked out our costumes yet, but look forward to connecting with the community for this family-friendly event! If you haven’t marked your calendars yet for October 29th, I encourage you to visit peoriasportscomplex.com for more information.

If any of our students or someone in the community has an idea for an event, we’d love to hear it! Please contact, Jamie Sanfilippo, Coordinator of Student Services at jsanfilippo@ huntington.edu.

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